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On this day we did a long walk over Malling downs and through the nature reserve there, outside Lewes. It turned out to be one of the hottest days of the week. Not a cloud in the sky and two trees …

After our long walk into Brighton we stopped at the little cafe in the Pavilion gardens for lunch and I sketched these random people. I think this sketch works better than most of my usual efforts,…

On this day we drove down to Hove – after saying goodbye to my mum in Suffolk. I sketched this when we arrived at my daughters house in the evening. Mon-27-Jul-2026

This was my second attempt at sketching my sister’s house. This time I managed to include the big living room window. I think the row of houses used to be shops at one time. Sun-26-Jul-2026

I sketched this on our last full day in Suffolk. After visiting my mum we found somewhere to go for a walk and have a little picnic. Sun-26-Jul-2026

After visiting my mum and my sister we went out for a walk around Clare Country Park again, before dinner. This building is next to a big old house called the Mill House and has what looks like the…

Here is another sketch done on a visit to my mum. This terracotta cat sits on her little terrace – with its back covered in plants. Sat-25-Jul-2026

This day we had a slap up barbecue at my sisters house to celebrate my daughters birthday and belatedly, my wife’s birthday. My sister asked me to sketch her house (Thistle cottage) as a memento fo…

Our eldest daughter’s birthday started with lunch with my mum, followed by a walk in Clare Castle Country Park. We first looked at the castle remains (mostly crumbly old walls), then hiked through …

On this day we timed our visit to my mum a bit more carefully – arriving earlier and leaving later. I sketched this while we chatted to her. Afterwards our daughter worked at my sisters house…

Still on our first day in Suffolk, after visiting my sister, we went back to Clare so our daughter could spend a few hours working (remotely). With the jet lag hitting I could have easily gone to s…

Here is the sketch I did on our first full day in the UK (in Suffolk), which started with a visit to my mum. Usually she sits in this huge chair (which can be wheeled about) but for some reason on …

Although I was squashed in between my wife and a stranger on this leg of our journey, I managed this sketch. This lady and two others she was travelling with handed us a goody bag when we sat down……

I didn’t have time to sketch at the airport in Manila before we left for our UK-Montenegro holiday, because a strap on my wife’s backpack snapped at the checkin desk. So we wandered around to find …

This is the last sketch I did before we left the Philippines for our holiday trip to the UK and Montenegro. I spent a lot of the day packing and was left with this pile of things to try and cram in…